At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Bintian became emperor, and Liu Xin, king of Dingtao, was ordered to take over Weiyang. The seemingly honorable throne is actually an undercurrent of intertwined relationships with relatives, concubines, clan members and powerful officials. In the Changxin Palace, the Wang family is powerful. Empress Dowager Fu and the Ding family are fighting for power step by step. Wang Mang temporarily retreats from the court but hides his edge. The young emperor not only has to deal with etiquette and family affection, but also needs to find a truly trustworthy person in the whirlpool of power. Until Dong Xian entered the palace, an old incident of "cut sleeves" that was only mentioned in history books quietly changed the situation of the court and pushed the Han Dynasty to a precarious end.
Purpose: The work is set against the background of the change of court power in the late Western Han Dynasty. It uses the emotional and political entanglements between Liu Xin, Dong Xian and their relatives and concubines to show the struggle of personal love in the imperial order, and also reveals the desire, loneliness and uncertainty of human nature in the afterglow of the prosperous age.